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ZIPPING GOING FOR FOUR STRAIGHT CLASSICS

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GENGEN    174 posts
edited November -1 East Coast Racing
ZIPPING GOING FOR FOUR STRAIGHT

The Lloyd Williams-owned warhorse Zipping will be in familiar territory on Saturday at Betfair Park if he takes his place in the 2010 Sandown Classic over 2400 metres.
When nominations closed at 12 noon today, Zipping was one of 15 nominations for the $351,000 feature race at Group 2 level which concludes the metropolitan component of the Melbourne Spring Racing Carnival.
Zipping, who finished fourth in last Tuesday's Melbourne Cup at his most recent outing, has won the past three editions of the Sandown Classic.
Now a nine-year-old, Zipping continues to perform admirably at the highest level. This campaign, the tough stayer by Danehill has won the Turnbull Stakes (2000m), run second in the Cox Plate (2040m) behind champion horse So You Think and then finished fourth in the Melbourne Cup (3200m), five lengths behind winner Americain.
Among his 15 career wins, Zipping has also won the Australian Cup (2000m) in March this year and the Moonee Valley Cup in October 2006.
Zipping won his first Sandown Classic in 2007 with Steven Arnold in the saddle. He returned a year later following a third placing in the Turnbull Stakes and a second placing in the Cox Plate of 2008. On this occasion, he was ridden by Michael Rodd.
Then, without another win to his name in the next 12 months, Zipping conquered Betfair Park's showpiece race for the third consecutive year, again partnered by Rodd.
Only one other horse has won the race on consecutive occasions - Second Wind in 1930-31.
Among the list of nominations for the Spring finale are 2010 Mornington and Adelaide Cups winner Capecover, 2009 VRC Oaks winner Faint Perfume, last year's Sandown Guineas victor Kidnapped and international contenders such as Illustrious Blue, Eastern Aria and Manighar who finished 7th in Tuesday's Melbourne Cup.
Once known as the Sandown Cup, the Sandown Classic is a weight-for-age event over 2400 metres. The name and conditions of the race were changed in 1999 and Aerosmith, trained by Peter Hurdle won the first running of the
re-vamped race.
In 2010, the Sandown Cup name returns to the programme for Betfair Park's biggest race day but with a different identity.
The Rokk Ebony Sandown Cup, a handicap over 3200m and carrying prize money of $125,000 has attracted 26 nominations and among them are Zipping's stable-mates Mourayan (also nominated for the Sandown Classic) and Muir.
Importantly, whilst not guaranteeing a start, the winner of Saturday's reincarnation of the Sandown Cup will pass the first elimination clause for the 2011 BMW Caulfield Cup and the 2011 Melbourne Cup.
Peter Snowden and Lee Freedman will be aiming to achieve a perfect score for leviathan owner Darley and Sheikh Mohammed in the Group 2 Betfair Sandown Guineas with nominations Chasse and Territory respectively.
The powerful operation has won the past two editions of the Betfair Sandown Guineas with two short-priced favourites in Caymans ($3.20) in 2008 and Kidnapped ($1.80) in 2009 both with Darley's number one Australian rider aboard, Kerrin McEvoy.
Caymans was the first runner for Darley in the Sandown Guineas following their purchase of the Ingham racing empire in March 2008.
Saturday's nine-race programme features eight at black-type level.

Comments

  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    in the mix? i think hes a better chance than that :lol:
  • darkshinesdarkshines    2,837 posts
    He's a horse I'd like to love but cant. Just cant cop Team Williams and their smug cloud.
  • slipatiptomeslipatiptome    3,351 posts
    If Illustrious Blue is entered it will be a good chance.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    Not sure slip, in england illustrious blue was a one course specialist and so i'm not sure how it will go anywhere other than there.
  • GENGEN    174 posts
    SANDOWN CLASSIC
    Weight for Age No Claims. Group 2.
    2400 Metres $351,000
    1 Capecover (NZ) (Patrick Payne)
    2 Count Encosta (John P Thompson)
    3 Eastern Aria (UAE) (Mark Johnston)
    4 Exceptionally (NZ) ( Terry & Karina O'Sullivan)
    5 Faint Perfume (Bart Cummings)
    6 Ginga Dude (NZ) (Graeme Boyd)
    7 Illustrious Blue (GB) (William J Knight)
    8 Kidnapped (Peter Snowden)
    9 La Rocket (Dale Sutton)
    10 Manighar (FR) (Luca Cumani)
    11 Mourayan (IRE) (Robert Hickmott)
    12 Rainbow Styling (NZ) ( Michael, Wayne & John Hawkes)
    13 Red Colossus (Greg Eurell)
    14 Well Rounded (Lee Freedman)
    15 Zipping (Robert Hickmott)
  • slipatiptomeslipatiptome    3,351 posts
    said:

    Not sure slip, in england illustrious blue was a one course specialist and so i'm not sure how it will go anywhere other than there.

    You may be right but it wasn't a bad run in the Cup and Manighar is also a chance. Repeating the Caulfield Cup form it would win.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    said:

    He'll be pretty short against those.

    can't see anything in that field beating it at WFA :silence:
  • BlakeBlake    8,176 posts
    love old Zip. if there was one thing you'd want as an owner is a horse like him.

    Ginga Dude, Kidnapped, Capecover the dangers for mine.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    manighar red colossus my dangers without doing any form
  • philphil    8 posts
    i liked the run of capecover running second to moudre , got driven mad by the horse to its outside early in the straight, then when he got wound up dove through late.
  • perfectjetperfectjet    217 posts
    Eastern aria sat 3 wide from the get go on saturday. Second up here, im staying with it. Illustrious blue looked enormous when it paraded for the cup and went good.

    Those two will do me.
  • tonytony    2,361 posts
    Do not think Eastern Aria is running
  • perfectjetperfectjet    217 posts
    Is it just me or do just about all of loyd williams horses run with a high head carry and a bit of an exuberant action?
  • saintsaint    6 posts
    melbourne expecting some rain fri & sat
    if track gets to heavy ginga dude best credential to handle it.
    zipping too short $1.60 on heavy track, unknown in heavy.
    good track - zipping, heavy ginga at the odds.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    if it rains we get a better price. Bring on the rain 8)
  • rustyhrustyh    2,266 posts
    :D :D :D :D :D
    Zipping.
    What a champion.
    Awesome effort.
    Cheered for him all the way.
    Love the horse for his spirit and will.
    :D :D :D :D :D
  • TorpedoPuntTorpedoPunt    1,891 posts
    The $2.00 was a gift.
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    2.40 best tote 8)
  • TorpedoPuntTorpedoPunt    1,891 posts
    said:

    2.40 best tote 8)

    Even better.
  • tonytony    2,361 posts
    said:

    2.40 best tote 8)

    Those bookmakers offering best tote were caught out here as it looks as if it was one of unitab's unannounced "bonus" payouts.
  • BlakeBlake    8,176 posts
    i love those unitab unannounced bonuses! it's always a pleasant surprise
  • perfectjetperfectjet    217 posts
    Im gunna watch morley in this r2 at sale today.

    I bet it gets its head up high when asked for an effort. What is it with all these lloyd williams runners???
  • VorgtrafficVorgtraffic    1,755 posts
    funnily enough the horse won by getting it's head down on the line and won by a nose
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